A MAN from Prescot has denied causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a girl was hospitalised following a collision.

Stuart Magee, of Hayes Avenue, Prescot appeared at Liverpool Crown Court.

Magee was arrested in Blackpool on the afternoon of Saturday, March 27.

The arrest followed a crash on Hale Road in Widnes at 1pm earlier that day that had left a 13-year-old girl with serious injuries in hospital.

She was taken to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool.

Magee, 33, has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

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Magee pleaded not guilty to the charge at Liverpool Crown Court.

A trial date has been earmarked for the week of Monday, November 8.

Magee was remanded back into custody until then.